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Harvard Radcliffe Institute is a cross-disciplinary laboratory of ideas that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners to engage with issues that can only be fully understood by drawing on research from across the humanities, sciences, social sciences, arts, and professions.
Radcliffe is unique among Harvard schools: Although we do not award degrees, we offer unparalleled opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students. Harvard Radcliffe Institute provides learning and research experiences that are difficult to find in a traditional classroom setting. Radcliffe students work directly with our fellows and faculty, providing unique opportunities for mentorship, and they work across departmental boundaries, connecting with peers across the University. The Institute enriches the Harvard student experience by fostering interdisciplinary, engaged scholarship focused on the most pressing issues of our time.
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Opportunities for Harvard Undergraduates
Law, Education, and Justice Working Groups
These noncredit discussion groups give Harvard undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to engage deeply and build community around important issues within law, education, and justice. During the 2020–2021 academic year, the groups are titled "Gender, Race, and Punishment" and "From Plantations to Prisons: A Spotlight on Harvard University."
More on Law, Education, and Justice Working GroupsRadcliffe Research Partnership
The Radcliffe Research Partnership (RRP) program matches Harvard College students with Radcliffe fellows in a research and mentorship program. Fellows act as mentors, while students provide research assistance, acquire valuable research skills, and participate in the Institute's rich intellectual life.
More on Radcliffe Research PartnershipsEmerging Leaders Program
The Emerging Leaders Program is a youth-mentorship initiative focused on engaging local high school students in leadership development, social movements, and civic engagement. Harvard College sophomores and juniors act as mentors, to support and encourage high school participants’ success in the program and curriculum.
More on the Emerging Leaders ProgramStudent Advisory Board
Radcliffe Student Advisory Board members shape student-related programs and experiences at Radcliffe and represent the Institute at their respective schools and departments. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply.
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Radcliffe Engaged Student Grants
The Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program provides $1,500 stipends per project to support the research, creative, and service work of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students on topics related to the Radcliffe Engaged focus areas: Law, Education, and Justice and Youth Leadership.
More on Radcliffe Engaged GrantsHarvard & the Legacy of Slavery Student Grants
The Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Student Grant Program provides $1,500 stipends per project to support the research and creative work of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students on the topic of Harvard and the legacy of slavery.
More on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery GrantsCarol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships
Carol K. Pforzheimer Student Fellowships provide funding to Harvard undergraduates to conduct research in Harvard Radcliffe Institute's Schlesinger Library's collections. The research may relate to any of the Library’s holdings, which include special collections documenting two centuries of social reform movements, from abolition to transgender rights.
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Opportunities for Harvard Graduate Students
Graduate Student Fellowships
As graduate student fellows, Harvard PhD students who are completing their dissertation participate in the Radcliffe Fellowship Program. Graduate student fellowships provide a stipend, tuition and health fees, and a private work space in Byerly Hall.
More on Graduate Student FellowshipsLaw, Education, and Justice Working Groups
These noncredit discussion groups give Harvard undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to engage deeply and build community around important issues within law, education, and justice. During the 2020–2021 academic year, the groups are titled "Gender, Race, and Punishment" and "From Plantations to Prisons: A Spotlight on Harvard University."
More on Law, Education, and Justice Working GroupsStudent Advisory Board
Radcliffe Student Advisory Board members shape student-related programs and experiences at Radcliffe and represent the Institute at their respective schools and departments. Harvard undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply.
More on the Student Advisory Board
Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program
The Radcliffe Engaged Student Grant Program provides $1,500 stipends per project to support the research, creative, and service work of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students on topics related to the Radcliffe Engaged focus areas: law, education, and justice and youth leadership.
More on Radcliffe Engaged Student GrantsHarvard and the Legacy of Slavery Student Grants
The Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Student Grant Program provides $1,500 stipends per project to support the research and creative work of Harvard undergraduate and graduate students on the topic of Harvard and the legacy of slavery.
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